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Goudreau, Nancy – Lifelong Learning, 1987
Presents three tenets from the research for adult literacy instruction: (1) improvement in one literacy skill should mirror improvement in others; (2) instructors should facilitate, not control, learning; and (3) students should be able to transfer classroom learning to their daily language encounters. Includes ideas for application. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Language Experience Approach, Program Improvement
Consideration of Adults' Learning Styles and Life Styles for Better Literacy Programs: A Discussion.
Partridge, Susan – 1989
Adult literacy programs could be improved by determining the learning styles and life-styles of individual students and incorporating the findings into the instructional program. Many researchers have looked at adult students' lives and suggested teaching methods based on the studies. Some suggest using an instrument for identifying adults'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Cognitive Style
